What is the MOST operationally efficient AWS solution for this scenario?
Create an Amazon S3 bucket for each user. Mount each bucket by using an S3 file system mounting utility.
Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway. Connect each user’s workstation to the file gateway.
Move each user’s working environment to Amazon WorkSpaces. Set up an Amazon WorkDocs account for each user.
Deploy an Amazon EC2 instance and attach an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Provisioned IOPS volume. Share the EBS volume directly with the users.
Explanations:
Creating an S3 bucket for each user and mounting them using an S3 file system utility may lead to complexity in management and performance issues. S3 is not designed for low-latency file access.
Configuring an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway allows users to access cloud storage as if it were local, providing both file sharing and efficient storage management.
Moving to Amazon WorkSpaces and setting up WorkDocs may not be the most operationally efficient solution for file storage, as it introduces additional management overhead and may not meet storage needs directly.
Deploying an EC2 instance with an EBS volume is not efficient for file sharing, as EBS volumes cannot be shared directly among multiple users and lack the scalability needed for large file storage.
I sort that the answer is:
Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway. Connect each user’s workstation to the file gateway.
If memory serves me right, the answer is:
Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway. Connect each user’s workstation to the file gateway.